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The Urban Log Cabin Synopsis of families living at 97 Orchard Street in 1870 and 1915
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| All the Shafers are New York-born but of German descent. Adolph (age 48) owns a shooting gallery, while his wife, Evelein, is a dressmaker. Charles and John are laborers. This morning the household activities are well along. John is about to carry the slops down to the backyard privy, Margaret is diapering the baby, and Louis is using the chamber pot. |